Re: networking in 14.1 release notes

From: mike tancsa <mike_at_sentex.net>
Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 15:15:06 UTC
On 5/19/2024 8:59 PM, Mike Karels wrote:
> On 19 May 2024, at 18:29, mike tancsa wrote:
>
>> On 5/18/2024 10:49 AM, Mike Karels wrote:
>>> I have no networking changes at all in the 14.1 release notes.  Is there
>>> anything that should be mentioned?  Feel free to reply to me individually.
>>>
>> Not sure if appropriate or not, but when going to 13.x to 14.x, not all vlan configs work now in rc.conf
>>
>> Both
>>
>> ifconfig_vlan2="192.168.1.51/24 vlandev igb1 vlan 2"
>> ifconfig_vlan2="192.168.1.51/24 vlan 2 vlandev igb1"
>>
>> used to work on RELENG_13
>>
>> now only
>>
>> ifconfig_vlan2="192.168.1.51/24  vlan 2 vlandev igb1"
>>
>> is allowed.  Maybe a heads up in UPDATING ?
> That sounds like an outright bug.  Looks like it was true in 14.0 as well.
> Is there a bug report?  I couldn't find one.

I didnt open one. Wasnt sure if it the change was a deliberate one or on 
the wrong side of POLA. To me it feels unnecessary to have only one 
order of params but I might be missing the rational behind it. Shall I 
open a PR ?


     --Mike

> btw, UPDATING is meant for upgrades from source.
>
> 		Mike
>